Oz Film Creatives

I am very excited to chat to Donald McAlpine ACS, ASC. who is one of my cinematography hero's. A cinematographer who's career has spanned over 50 years working with some of the most respected directors and he has created some of the most memorable images in cinema history. Titles such as Moulin Rouge!, Predator, Rome + Juliet, Mrs. Doubtfire, Patriot Games and many more so he sure has a story to tell. We talk about his vast career highlighting some of his work and talk about his enduring energy to keep going and what it takes to have a long career such as his.

Stefan Duscio ACS who is a cinematographer with a great portfolio of work including The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Judy & Punch and also shooting music clips with Beyonce. I talk with  about his early career and about filming and creative process behind The Invisible Man and working in the industry.

I chat with Damien Beebe about his career working on Hollywood films and also the work attitudes to be a camera operator. We also discuss couple of his up coming films he was Cinematographer on.

Nicholas McCallum has a long running career in Production Design working in Australia on all sorts of projects from war films to musicals. Some of his credits are In Like Flynn, Sanctum, Sniper and House of Wax. He talks about some of his experiences.

We conclude the interview with Cinematographer Mark Wareham on couple of his projects Mystery Road and Don't Tell on the approach and production experience filming them.

Mark Wareham’s extraordinary list of Cinematography credits span across all forms. More recent productions have been Preacher, Mystery Road and feature films Don't Tell and Jasper Jones. We talk about his journey to becoming a cinematographer, philosophy of his work and his visual approach to his more recent projects.

Storm Ashwood has over 15 years experience in the film industry and has worked on feature films, short films, TVC’s, branded and digital content and music clips. He has directed 2 feature films The School & Escape and Evasion. We talk about his experience as a gaffer and becoming a director.

David Russell talks about his experiences on becoming and working as a storyboard artist and conceptual designer and the importance of having a strong visual understanding before even filming the first shot of the film. He has collaborated both with a wide range of directors like George Lucas on Return Of the Jedi, Peter Weir on Master and Commander, Phillip Noyce, Terrence Malick and lots more amazing films.

Jacinta is a highly skilled technical and creative Production Designer and Art Director who has worked on Alien Covenant, Mad Max Fury Road, Nightflyers Netflix Series and up and coming Australian science fiction film 2067. We talk about her career and deep dive into a couple of her projects she has recently worked on.

This episode I have Alex Proyas. His work undoubtedly has surely made a mark into the history of cinema with such films as Dark City and I,Robot and The Crow. In this episode we discuss the future of cinema and film making as its currently under threat of unknown out comes if cinemas will survive and tackling the current global environment.